Counting card table



P. c. CHRISTENSEN COUNTING CARD TABLE Filed June 2.7. 1923 fig. 1. '1

VENTOR I N fete)" 63 6/2mstemsan ATTORNEY residing at 19 Baltimore Patented Aug. l i924,

Application To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that l, Pn'rna Q. SEN, citizen of the United States 0" in the county of Hartford and necticut, have invented certain new a ful Improvements in Counting Card i of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a counting card table among the objects of the invention being the provision of simple and effective means which can be readily operated to obtain an accurate score of several players playing upon the table. The table can of course be used with any card game, such as bridge whist or auction pitch.

In the drawing accompanying and forming part of the present specification there is illustrated an advantageous form of embodiment of the invention which, to enable those skilled in the art to practice the same, will be set forth fully in the following description. Clearly, I am not restricted to this disclosure. 1 may depart therefrom in several respects within the scope of the invention defined by the claim following said description.

Referring to said drawing:

Fig. l is a plan view of a table involving the invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the table with the top broken away.

Fig. 3 is a cross section of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line 4l of Fig. 1.

Fig, 5 is a detail cross section on the line 55 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of a counting strip. r

Fig. 7 is a side elevation of'the same.

Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8-8 of Fig. 6. 5

Like characters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

The table may vary somewhat as to shape and size. That shown is denoted in a general way by 2. It comprises atop 3 of practically rectangular construction and having at its corners the supporting legs 4 of which, as shown, there are four to support the table. The top is practically of rectangular formation although, as will be inferred, this is not on the line 3-43 an important matter for it can be any other shape. The top has through it sight openiled $37,

relas shown is situated a glazed r sts on the bottom 7 through which is a siglt opening 8 which extends the .7 and through which the hols, usually numerals, upon counting can be read.

-nay be any number of these countstrips as 9. As shown in Fig. 1, there are eight of such counting strips 9. At one side of the center of the counting strips they are supported by the strip 10 while at the 0 her side they are carried upon the strip 11, both strips being slightly slotted in their upper sides to receive the counting strips 9. The supporting strip 10, as shown, is attached as by screws 13 to the under side of the table top 3 at one side of its transverse center, as clearly shown in Fig. l.

at the opposite sides, the counting strips are carried by the supporting strip 11. Under the supporting strip 11 is mounted a bar it which is attached to the strip 11 by the bolts 15 having at their lower ends nuts which act against the under side of the bar 1 near the ends thereof. Between the bar i l and strip 11 is arranged a row of coiled springs 16 which constantly press the bar ll upwardly.

The countin strips 9 are in the form of bars channeled ordinarily hearing at their centers the symbol 0 and at opposite sides of which extend numerals running from one to nine, althou h anything of a like charactercan be printed on the strips 9. The strips 9 have at their ends the downwardly extensions or fingers 1? which can be grasped to move a counting strip in either direction, that is either toward the left or the right in Fig.1

and the'strips 9 will be held frictionally in I the positions into which the have been moved by the hand of a user of the table.

What ll claim is:

In a counting table having a top with a slot through it; a lurality of counting slides supported by t e top below the same. each slide having numbers running op ositely from zero upwardly and made visi le through saidslot by movement of the slides, resilient frictional detents supported by an adjustable strip below the slides and means for simultaneously adjusting the resiliency of the detents.

In'testimony whereof I affix my signature.

PETER C. CHRISTENSEN. 

